Bahini Education Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872809863
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Phone
7203754262
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,651
Expenses
$7,075
Assets
$37,693
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Prakriti Adhikari (President)
  • Naomi Chang (Vice President)
  • Anisha Lamsal (Founder & Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Prakriti Adhikari (President)
  • Naomi Chang (Vice President)
  • Shriya Ghimire (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bahini Education Project's primary exempt purposes are charitable and educational. The organization aims to educate and empower underprivileged young women in rural Nepal, enable them to reach their educational and career goals, and guide them to become responsible leaders through mentorship, skills training, and educational support.

What it reported doing in 2025

Bahini Education Project (BEP) offers skills training, mentorship, and financial support to help girls in rural Nepal pursue higher education and stay in school. BEP works with students starting in grade 9 and provides support through grade 12, including after-school training in topics such as computer skills, entrepreneurship, English, and health and wellness. In 2025, BEP supported five students in the program. Rather than operating a formal grant program, BEP pays educational expenses directly to schools and purchases school supplies, including books, uniforms, and backpacks, on behalf of students. This direct approach ensures that students' financial circumstances are not a barrier to continuing their education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.6%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 76.1%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.33; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 68.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 70.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.6% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.